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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 978, 19 January 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

UNITED FKES3 ASSOCIATION.) : . . POSTAGE AND BECEIPT STAMPS. JVeuinoion, this day. :;-. It having been brought under the notioe of. the Government that penny duty stamps, .\fhen afixed to'letters posted, have been refused hypost-offioe officials, arrangements are'now made that penny postage and dut|' : 'stamps may be used either for"poatage or on receipts. • . sjjMDE. •'i . i Oheistchdeoh, this day. .The body of a man named Thomas Warner, who had been missing for several days} was fouh4:.ye!terday on the Peninsula : with his throat out, and a razor , grasped, tightly in : his right hand. 1 TYPHOID FEVBR'in CANTERBURY; ; Tyyh'oid fewr has-broken out at Loburn, North Canterbury, in a family yblijh had recently arrived' by the ship.Helen Scott, from England,:' The patients have been Isolated,-'andf r tk4 diatriot school closed. 'y*?''. HONEST COMMISSIONERS. The Commissioners appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to .examine the proposed line of railway to the West Coast handed in a report to the promoters yesterday, It is understood that the general tenor of the report is unfavorable fur. the purpose of constructing and working the line of ground, and that the enterprise is not likely to prove remunerative for some years to come, . THE TWOPENNY EXHIBITION. The Domain Board unanimously decided to grant a site for an exhibition in Hagley Park, if it can be done legally. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, New Plymouth, this day, Elizabeth Hodges attempted to commit suicide by running into the Bea from the beach, and was with difficulty rescued, DEATH OF WIREMU KINGI. A tangi is being held on the great Waitara chief, Wiremu Kingi, who has died, aged 90. BARQUE ASHORE. Auckland, this day. At Kaipara Heads on Tuesday after, noon, the signalman telephoned that a vessel was on shore at Ozy Chanuel, Kaipara, with loss of her rudder. The pilot immediately got Bteam up in his launch, and went outside, where he found the vessel—the barque St. Lothian, Captain Brophy, from Dunedin, She had tried the bar on a light westerly wind, but had drifted on to the bar, losing her rudder by bumping. The pilot steamer took her in tow, and before sundown had her safely anchored off the north head of the pilot-station. THE COLONIAL BANK. Dunedin, This day, The report of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand for the half year says the net profit for the term is £17,593, or with balanoe from last year £19,990, From this to be deducted £2,051 tax on notes circulated and property tax, leaving available for distribution .£17,93!). The Directors recommeod a dividand of f per cent, per annum, to carry £I,OOO to the reserve .fund, raising it to £31,000, and leaving a balance to be carried forward of £2,939. Branches of the Bank have been opened during the half year at Cambridge and Tipru. FOUND DROWNED. Patrick Gray, surfaceman, was found drowned near Cross wharf in Dunedin harbor this morning. He haß been missing since Saturday, and is supposed to have fallen off the jetty at night,